Welcome to the Lego Harry Potter Quilt Along. Many Thanks to those of you who wrote such lovely comments, and to those of you who donated money to my favourite charity. The break month in March gave me an opportunity to catch up, I hope it was the same for you too. We are almost reaching the end. After these two patterns, I have one more to share with you, then we move on to the layout.

The blocks from this month turned out to be about loyalty and protection. It was not planned that way, I only noticed the common theme after sewing the blocks.

Fawkes

I have always felt that there was a lot more to Fawkes’ story than is written in the books. I quite often wondered how Dumbledore and Fawkes met. Fawkes protected and cured Harry on multiple occasions. He even took a killing curse for Dumbledore. I am not surprised that Dumbledore named the Order Of The Phoenix after his companion. It was only fitting that after Dumbledore’s passing, Fawkes went back into the wild, never to be seen again.

“ ‘Lo, Fawkes,’ said Harry quietly. He stroked the phoenix’s beautiful scarlet and gold plumage. Fawkes blinked peacefully up at him. There was something comforting about his warm weight.” — Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire, by J.K. Rowling

Knight

Piertotum Locomotor is possibly my favourite spell in the whole story. That spell, performed during the battle by my favourite teacher, Minerva McGonagal, always sends a shiver down my spine. I am suddenly filled with an otherwise non-existent courage.

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Download Fawkes

Download Knight – Sword In Right Hand

Download Knight – Sword In Left Hand

Note about the knight – You will need to make two knights. You can make the same block twice with the knight holding the sword in the same hand. Alternately, you can make one knight with the sword in the right hand and another with the sword in the the left hand. I did the latter. I am including both patterns here.

Note – Both of these patterns use three shades of the same colour. I highly recommend writing the shades down on the pattern pieces before you cut them out and start sewing. It takes just a few extra minutes, but you will make a lot less fabric-related mistakes this way.

I draw these pictures freehand and then turn them into patterns, which is a lot of work. Please only use them for personal use and do not distribute or share them anywhere. For more information and for the pattern schedule, please read the introductory post.

Again….just so creative and imaginative and I think we should add just plain clever. to the mix!! Wonderful blocks, Soma. That knight is a delightful fellow. The grand reveal is inching closer…..can’t wait to see all these amazing blocks all together!

Another set of amazing blocks Soma, thank you! Fawkes is just wonderful, he’s on my cutting board this evening! And those knights are adorable, although maybe that’s not what I am supposed to say about some knights! :)

Kim

These are great looking blocks!! I too often wondered how Fawkes and Dumbledore met. Their story needs to be told. It must be an amazing one. There isn’t even a hint of their connection in the books which is disappointing.